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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly go upon the property owned or leased by another and peep through the window of a building on the property of any person, without the express or implied consent of that person.
(Ord. 186, passed 10-14-1924; Ord. 1362, passed 1-21-1957; Ord. 2641, passed 5-22-1978)
The Chief of Police or any police officer in the City of Flint may, and it shall be the duty of each of them, to arrest without process any person found by them, or by either of them, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance hereof and forthwith bring such person before a Judge or Magistrate in said City to be dealt with according to law, within twenty-four (24) hours after said arrest, except in case said arrest shall be made in the night or on Sunday, or on a legal holiday, or in case no Justice or Magistrate can be found in his office, the officer making the arrest shall convey the person or persons so arrested to the jail of Genesee County or other place of confinement provided by the City, and the keeper thereof shall safely keep such persons therein until taken away by the officer making the arrest, or by some other officer having legal authority to remove the person, or until such person shall have remained in said jail or such place of confinement twenty-four (24) hours; or in case of arrest was made in the nighttime or on Sunday, or on a legal holiday; then until the hour of 9:00 a.m. of the day next thereafter upon which a Court may be legally held.
The officer so taking a person so arrested by him to said jail or place of confinement shall bring the person, or cause said person to be brought by some officer having like powers, before the Municipal Court of said City within the time fixed for his detention.
(Ord. 186, passed 10-14-1924; Ord. 1210, passed - -)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to report or cause to be reported any felony or misdemeanor, or give any information relating to any such felony or misdemeanor, to the Department of Police of the City of Flint, or to any member of such Police Department by telephone, in writing or by other means of communication, knowing that no such felony or misdemeanor had in fact been committed.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to give information or report to the Department of Police of the City of Flint, or to any member of such Police Department relating to any felony or misdemeanor, which information or report is false and which information or report such persons know to be false.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to give any information, knowing it to be false, to any member of the Department of Police of the City of Flint, when said member of the Police Department of the City of Flint is in the performance of his official duties.
(Ord. 200, passed 1-10-1938; Ord. 1406, passed 11-4-1957)
Statutory reference:
False reports to police radio, see MCLA 750.509
Reporting fictitious crimes to peace officers, see MCLA 750.411a
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated unless their context requires a different meaning.
ALARM CONTRACTOR. Any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity appropriately licensed as an alarm contractor by the State of Michigan, State Electrical Administrative Board.
ALARM SYSTEM. A device or an assembly of equipment or devices arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which police officers and/or firefighters are expected to respond.
ALARM USER. Any person, whether owner, occupant, or tenant, on whose premises an alarm system maintained within the City except for alarm systems on motor vehicles. If, however, an alarm system on a motor vehicle is connected with an alarm system at a premises, the person using such alarm system is an ALARM USER. Also excluded from this definition and from the coverage of the ordinance are persons who use alarm systems to alert or signal persons within the premises in which the alarm system is located, of an attempted unauthorized intrusion or hold-up attempt. If such a system, however, employs an audible signal emitting sounds or flashing lights or beacon designed to signal persons outside the premises, such system shall be within the definition of an alarm system and shall be subjected to §§ 31-19.1 through 31-19.6.
FALSE ALARM. Any alarm condition which is reported to the City of Flint 911 Center for the response of the Flint Police Department and Fire Department that is not the result from the activity for which the alarm was intended. A FALSE ALARM may include, but is not limited to, activation of an alarm system through any of the following:
(1) Negligent or intentional use or misuse of the system;
(2) Mechanical failure;
(3) Malfunction;
(4) Improper installation; or
(5) Low battery conditions.
FIRE OR BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM. Any device or equipment designed to signal visibly, audibly, electronically, mechanically or by any combination of these methods, and to which the Department(s) are trained to respond.
LETTER FOR EXCESSIVE FALSE ALARMS. A notification provided to an alarm contractor by the Department for two (2) or more false alarms within a 12-month calendar year.
PREMISES. Any building or structure in which an alarm system is installed.
QUALIFIED ALARM TECHNICIAN. Any person who inspects, installs, repairs or performs maintenance on alarm systems and is factory trained and/or licensed by the State of Michigan.
RECORD OF COMPLETION. The form required to be filed with the City pursuant to the National Fire Protection Association’s National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72).
REPORT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST IMPROPER USE. Documentation in a format acceptable to the City of Flint 911 Enforcement Official that verifies the alarm contractor has taken appropriate corrective measures to prevent future improper use of an alarm system.
REPORT OF SERVICE/REPAIR. Documentation in a format acceptable to the Enforcement Official that verifies proper repairs or maintenance have been performed by both the alarm contractor and the alarm user.
SERVICE FEE. The monetary charge for responding to false alarms.
(Ord. 3376, passed 7-27-1998; Ord. 3753, passed 5-20-2009)
(a) The alarm contractor shall be required to pay to the City the false alarm fee for each false alarm in excess of two false alarm occasions within any one- year period. No alarm contractor shall be requested to pay the false alarm fee on the first two occasions of a false alarm during any one-year period, but the alarm contractor thereafter shall be advised in writing of said false alarm and of the existence of this §§ 31-19.1 through 31-19.6 by the Flint Police Department.
(b) Said notice shall direct the alarm contractor to submit a report of service/repair and/or a report of corrective measures against improper use within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of said letter to the Department confirming that:
(1) The alarm system has been examined by a qualified alarm technician;
(2) A description of the bona fide attempt made to identify and correct any defect of design, installation, operation, or misuse of the alarm system which was identified as a possible cause of the false alarm.
(c) Failure of the alarm contractor to return a satisfactory report described herein within the 15-day period shall result in the imposition of a service fee to the alarm contractor.
(d) A false alarm fee shall be assessed for the third and each subsequent false alarm at the same premises requiring response by the Police/Fire Department during any calendar year.
(e) A false alarm fee required by this article may be imposed on an alarm contractor up to forty-five (45) days after the date of installation of the alarm system for existing buildings and forty-five (45) days after the date an occupancy permit is issued to an alarm user for newly constructed buildings in which an alarm system is installed.
(f) Should any service fee assessed pursuant to this article remain unpaid in excess of thirty (30) days, a late fee shall be assessed and shall be payable in addition to the original service fee.
(g) The false alarm fee established by this article shall begin at seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for a Fire Department response and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for a Police Department response and shall increase by twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional false alarm within the calendar year, and shall be reviewed periodically based on employee labor rates, equipment costs and Department service costs and established by appropriate resolution adopted by the Flint City Council. Late fees as previously identified shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) and shall be added to the false alarm fee.
(h) Alarm conditions caused by the following extenuating circumstances shall not constitute a false alarm, and no false alarm fee shall be charged by the City:
(1) Alarm conditions being activated by an agent of the alarm contractor working on the alarm system or testing the alarm system with prior notification to the Police or Fire Department of the City.
(2) Alarm conditions being activated by severe weather or other violent conditions beyond the control of the alarm user.
(3) Alarm conditions activated by disruption or disturbance of telephone or other communication systems.
(Ord. 3376, passed 7-27-1998; Ord. 3753, passed 5-20-2009)
No person shall sell, install, operate, adjust, arrange for, or contract to provide a device or combination of devices that will upon activation, either mechanically, electronically, or by other means initiate the automatic intrastate calling, dialing, or connection to any telephone number assigned to any subscriber thereof by a public telephone company, for the purposes of delivering a recorded message without the proper written consent of such subscriber.
(Ord. 3376, passed 7-27-1998)
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